Tool handle



Sept. 13, 1927.

1,642,388 L. yW. SCHLEICHER Tool. HANDLE( Filed July 2. 192e 3.a' 7m 6a la 35,

ATTORNEY.

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- rThisinventionaiins to provide altoofl han; d le wherein the .tangs or shanls oi-toolS, such as iles engravertools,sci1ewdrivers,

. andthe like may be' positivelyfheld without fear ofthe toolandkhandle accidentally com; ing apart wlien'in use. i Y 'i Afnqtlier objeetof the inventiony is to provide a guide which is a sli'd'ing'fit Ainto the bore of the handle and has a passage through I it for they tang or shank of the tool to pass through7 so that the same handle may be used in combination with Vdii'erent guides having passages'of various sizes and yshapes tol accommodate dierent sorts of tang's or l Shanks. Y

Afurther object of the invention is to provide a tool .handle wherein means are ari'anged for holding tools longitudinally out of alignment with the handle, since a tool.

so held can sometimes be advantageously used.

Having kthus briefly Youtlinedvthey major purposes of the invention I will now proceed to describe two embodiments thereof with the aid of the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1v illustrates the tool handle and a tile heldv thereby. n. f

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the invention. f

`Figure 3 is a section on the line III-III of Figure 2. 1

Figure 'l is a section on the line IV-IV of Figure 2.

Figure 5 shows a slightly modified form of construction of the invention wherein the tool is also held out of alignment with rthe handle. n

Referring first to Figures l to 4, 1 designates a handle having a longitudinal bore 2 i extending `from one of its ends for a considerable portion of its length. An annular band 3 is arranged around the open end of the handle. Through the band and handle is a transverse slot 4r usually tapered to receive a correspondingly tapered locking member 5 through which latter an opening 6 is provided.

A removable guide-7 is inserted in they bore'2 and has a collar 8 integral with it which bears against the open end of the handle. Through the guide is a passage 9 of such size and shape as' to iitaroundthe tang or shank 10 of the tool llto which it is intended to secure the handle.V The inner bere' 2.

endv 12 of the guide is a push lit into the The' tangY 1 1 etelids tlirouglif the.; guide Y Tand' projects into,V and 'usuallytlirou'ghg the.l opening 6] inV the locking member 5, I iii die-stesa @winterswijk head' set. Screw threadv edf'thiough; the l'ccljiig member. which. bears,

against the side Qf. the tang ll` andflhQldS :it i'fmly'- n, ldie handle! AS sliiwln in. Figure Ltthe opening' throughthe' locking'A member is `preferably Hat 'on' the side opposite the Vone througliwhich the yset screw 15 projects,

so as to aford Va? bearing` surface against which the tang l1 may be held. Moreover the opening may also be made taper if desir'eid to suit the taper of the tang. of the too In practice I iindthat two or at most three guides 7 having passages 9 of different Vshapes and sizes are ample for holding a wide range of tools having different forms and sizes and tangs.

`the tool and handle securely together.

In Figure 5 a slightly modified construction is shown wherein the handle 1a termi- I nates at Vthe inner end of the guide 7a and the latter its into the band 3a which projects beyondY the handle. In this case the end'of the band 3a forms the stop against which the inner end of the collar 8a bears. It will also be noted that the band 32L is beaded as shown at 3b to hold vit firmly on the handle.

The' passage 9a through the guide 7a is made slightly larger than the tang of the tool it is to accommodate, and the opening 6al through the locking member 511 is wider than the tang` ATwo set screws l5a are provided from opposite sidesof the locking member so that by varying their adjustment the tool can be securely held at varying angles rout of alignment with the handle.-

It is understood that the constructions herein described are, however, subject to suchmodifications as fall within the scope of the appended claims. v

IVhat I claim as my invention and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

l. In a'tool handle, the combination of a handle having a bore extending longitudinally from one end, said handle having a y A In fact if ronly one v guide having alarge passage through it is transverse slot tl'ierethrongh, a locking rneinher in said slot having an opening through it of lesser cross section than seid here and registering with Said hore` n set Screw threaded into said looking nieniher adapted to extend into said opening, and a guide in the outer end of' Said here having a. Collar hearing against the bored end of said handle, seid guide having a passage therethrough in alignment with said locking ineinber opening.

2. In a tool handle, the combination o a handle having a here extending longitudinally troni one end, a guide hearing against said bored end and having :l portion of lesser cross section extending into said bore,

said guide having a paeeage tlierethrough7 Said handle having a slot transversely there through, a hand around said handle eXtending` troni eaid bored end past said slot, said hand having a passage therethrough registering with said slot, a looking member in Suid slot having an opening therethrough snlistantially in line with said guide pasfage, said loelzing nienilier having a threaded hole therein extending into eoid opening und enhatantiall.;v :lt right angles to the latter, and a screw in said threaded hole adapted to grip the end o'lE a tool ineerted through said guide passage into said opening.

LEO lV. SCHLEICHER. 

